8:30 am – 8:45 am 

Check-in and Light Breakfast  

 

8:45 am – 9:00 am

Welcome and Opening Remarks

 

9:00 am – 10:00 am

Panel/ Dialogue: Biodiversity Monitoring 

• Daniel S. Cooper (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, UCLA)*, Daniel Blumstein, Ph.D. (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, UCLA), Pamela Yeh, Ph.D. (Life Sciences, UCLA)

• Christopher M. Kelty, Ph.D. (Institute for Society & Genetics, UCLA)*, Jessica Lynch Alfaro, Ph.D. (Institute for Society & Genetics, UCLA), Jamie Lloyd-Smith (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, UCLA), Katie Praeger, Ph.D. (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, UCLA), Sarah Helman (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, UCLA), Anthony Friscia, Ph.D. (Integrative Biology and Physiology, UCLA)

• Darrel Jenerette, Ph.D. (Botany & Plant Science; UC Riverside)*, Diane Pataki, Ph.D. (Biology, University of Utah); Thomas W. Gillespie, Ph.D. (Geography; Institute of the Environment & Sustainability, UCLA); Stephanie Pincetl, Ph.D. (Institute of the Environment & Sustainability, UCLA)​

 

10:00 am – 10:20 am

Networking Coffee Break  

 

10:20 am – 11:20 am

Panel/ Dialogue: Conservation Genomics  

• Brad Shaffer, Ph.D. (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, UCLA)*, Joscha Beninde, Ph.D. (Institute of Environment & Sustainability, UCLA)

• Ryan Harrigan, Ph.D. (Center for Tropical Research; Institute of the Environment & Sustainability, UCLA)*; Thomas Smith, Ph.D. (Center for Tropical Research; Institute of the Environment & Sustainability, UCLA)

• Robert Wayne, Ph.D. (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, UCLA)*; Rachel Meyer, Ph.D. (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, UCLA)

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11:30 am – 1:00 pm

Panel/ Dialogue: Critical Ecosystems and Land Use Assessments  

• Natasha Stavros, Ph.D. (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)*, Nick Parazoo, Ph.D. (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Kristal Verhulst, Ph.D. (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Vineet Yadav, Ph.D. (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), and Willow Coleman (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)

• Glen MacDonald, Ph.D. (Geography, UCLA)*, Chunyu Dong, Ph.D. (Institute of Environment & Sustainability; Geography, UCLA), Thomas W. Gillespie, Ph.D. (Geography; Institute of the Environment & Sustainability, UCLA), Greg Okin, Ph.D. (Geography, UCLA)

• Thomas W. Gillespie, Ph.D. (Geography; Institute of the Environment & Sustainability, UCLA)*, Monica Dimson (Geography, UCLA), Ryan Harrigan, Ph.D. (Center for Tropical Research; Institute of the Environment & Sustainability, UCLA)

• Sophie S. Parker, Ph.D. (The Nature Conservancy)*, Jane Li, Ph.D. (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County), Greg Pauly, Ph.D. (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County), John Randall, Ph.D. (The Nature Conservancy), Brian Brown, Ph.D. (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County), Brian Cohen (The Nature Conservancy)

• Isaac Brown (Institute of the Environment & Sustainability, UCLA; LA Sanitation)*; Mas Dojiri, Ph.D. (LA Sanitation)

 

1:00 pm - 1:30 pm 

Networking Lunch  ​

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1:30 pm – 2:30 pm

Panel/ Dialogue: Biodiversity Management  

• Seth Riley, Ph.D. (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, UCLA; National Park Service)* 

• Conni Pallini-Tipton (L.A. City Planning Department)*

• Mas Dojiri, Ph.D. (LA Sanitation)*, Isaac Brown (Institute of the Environment & Sustainability, UCLA; LA Sanitation); Melinda Bartlett (LA Sanitation), Doug Walter (LA Sanitation) Peggy Nguyen (LA Sanitation), Michelle Barton (LA Sanitation), Deborah Deets (LA Sanitation)
   

2:30 pm – 2:50 pm

Networking Afternoon Coffee  

 

2:50 pm – 4:00 pm

Community Health and Well-being  ​

• Michael Jerrett, Ph.D. (Environmental Health Sciences, UCLA)*

• Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, Ph.D. (Luskin School of Public Policy, Urban Planning, UCLA)*, Kelsey Jessup (The Nature Conservancy), Kyra Gmoser-Daskalakis (Luskin School of Public Affairs, UCLA) Connor Hum (Materials Science & Engineering, Stanford), Rebecca Ferdman (Luskin School of Public Affairs, UCLA)

• Mia Lehrer (Studio-MLA)*

• Alexis Lantz (L.A. County Public Health)*

 

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Community Access, Outreach, and Cultural Connections

• Ursula K. Heise, Ph.D. (Literature and Institute of Environment & Sustainability, UCLA)*, Hunter Gehlbach, Ph.D. (School of Education, UCSB)

• Rachel Meyer, Ph.D. (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, UCLA)*, Robert Wayne, Ph.D. (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, UCLA) 

• Lila Higgins (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County)*, Miguel Ordenana (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County); Richard Smart, (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County)

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"*" denotes presenter